Photoprotection mechanisms in Quercus ilex under contrasting climatic conditions

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 557-564

  Camarero, Jesús Julio ^a   Olano, José Miguel ^b   Arroyo Alfaro, Sandra Jackeline ^c   Fernández Marín, Beatriz ^c   Becerril, José Maria ^c   García Plazaola, José Ignacio ^c  

^a FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecotypes; Holm oak; Mediterranean; Photoprotection; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEEDLING; TRICHOME;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84864631339     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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